Pocket writing-case



(No Model.)

R. R. PEMBER 85 E. B. SNEDIGAR.

POCKET WRITING CASE. No. 362,106. I Patented May a, 1887.

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RUBEN R. PEMBER AND EDWARD B. SNEDIGAR, OF MAYNARD, IOWA.

POCKET WRITING-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,106, dated May 3, 1887.

Application filed Octo er 23, 1886.

To all whom itmay concern:

Beit known that we, RUBEN R. PEMBER and EDWARD B. SNEDIGAR, citizens of the United States, residing at Maynard, in the county of Fayette and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pocket Writing-Gases, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention consists of a pocket-case so arranged as to contain in suitable compartments ink, (red and black,) pen-holder,penci1, extra pens, pins, erasers, pen-wiper, mucilage, ruler, stamps, postal cards, envelopes, and paper.

Ourinvention is shown in the accompanying drawing, which is a perspective view of the case with the lid opened to show the interior. The cover to compartments aand b is removed to show more clearly theinterior construction.

The case consists of two parts hinged together, one of them, A, being deeper than the other one, B,which serves as a lid. The case may be constructed of any suitable material, and is of the proper size to be placed in the pocket when closed. The lower part, A, is divided into compartments by the thin partitions 0 and c. Ink-bottles it are secured in two of the compartments in the two front corners of the case. A pen-wiper, d, is secured in a compartment adjoining one of the ink-bottles. The compartmentsa and b are intended for postage-stamps, pens, pins, and other small articles. A cover, 6, (shown 1ying beside the case,) fits closely on the compartments a and I), being hinged to the partition 0. The partition 0 runs longitudinally Serial No. 217,014. (No model.)

nearly across the remaining portion of the case. A ruler, h, (shown in cross-section at D,) tits in one of the compartments thus formed. One side of the ruler has grooves in which pen-holders and pencils may be placed. The space left at the end of the partition 0' allows the ruler to be readily removed from its compartment when wanted for use. The rear compartment, f, may be used to contain a mucilage-bottle or pencil. The rubber band g, or a pocket, if preferred, may be used to hold postal-card's, envelopes, blotters, or other papers. For fastening the lid we use a pin, m, which extends through a small hole in the front of the case, as indicated by the dotted line. Asmall piece, at, is attached to the lid and fits into a hole, 0, when the lid is closed. The pin m is then pushed into place, and the point enters into ahole in the piece n,securely fastening the lid.

We do not claim this fastening as a part of our invention. Any othersuitable fastening may be used, if desired.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a pocketwritingcasefihe combination of ink-bottles i i, pen-wiper cl, compartments a, b, and f, grooved ruler it, cover e, and handy, constructed substantially as and for the purpose specificd.

RUBEN R. PEMBER. EDWVARD B. SNEDIGAR. \Vitncsscs:

VILLIAM B. BURoK, W. S. BROWN. 

